Kerala becomes first state to go fully digital in public education
Kerala has become the first state in India to go fully digital in public education. The official announcement regarding the same will made soon by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Kerala has become the first state in India to go fully digital in public education. The official announcement regarding the same will made soon by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. By virtue of the hi-tech projects comprising the Rs 493.50 crore hi-tech school project for secondary schools and the Rs 300 crore, hi-tech lab project for primary schools, all the 16,000 public schools in the state are now equipped with 374,274 IT equipment, including 119,055 laptops, 69,944 multimedia projectors, 100,473 USB speakers, 23,098 projector screens, 43,250 mounting kits, 4,545 LED TVs, 4,578 DSLR cameras, 4,720 full HD webcams and 4,611 multi-function printers along with high-speed broadband internet connectivity to 12,678 schools.
These programmes are being implemented by the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE).
K. Anvar Sadath, CEO, KITE, said that all the equipment has an onsite warranty of five-year, which is one of the first kind in the country and to address any complaint, a web-portal and call center are also functional. All equipment comes with insurance coverage.
"Since the deployment of IT equipment to schools alone would not suffice an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) enabled learning system, we have ensured essential components such as ICT content development through its Samagra portal," said Sadath.
Following these efforts, public schools in the state have hi-tech classrooms and IT labs providing a truly global experience for students and teachers in the teaching and learning process.
After the coronavirus crisis, the KITE had come out with the first bell digital classes for students, which is an interim alternative for classes in the backdrop of schools remaining closed. It has completed over 2,650 classes since its launch on June 1.
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